13 // viewLayoutFileName is the file of the view layout in the directory of an
15 const viewLayoutFileName = "layout.json"
17 // ViewLayout splits the view of a turn request into user messages that only
18 // grow between batches. The view goes out as the same messages as in the
19 // request before, while their lines give the same text, and the new lines
20 // follow as one new message. So the end of the view of each earlier turn stays
21 // a message end. On the ChatGPT backend, the first request of a turn with this
22 // layout read the view of the turn before from the prompt cache in each of 10
23 // turns, and with the view in one message it missed once in 5.
25 // The first message starts with "<chat>\n". The closing tag goes into the
26 // state message after the view, so that no view message changes when lines
27 // come. The layout keeps the line count and a hash of the text of each message
28 // in layout.json, so it outlives a restart.
29 type ViewLayout struct {
31 Messages []ViewLayoutMessage `json:"messages"`
34 // ViewLayoutMessage is one view message: its number of lines and the hash of
36 type ViewLayoutMessage struct {
37 Lines int `json:"lines"`
38 Hash string `json:"hash"`
41 // loadViewLayout reads the layout at path. A missing file gives an empty
43 func loadViewLayout(path string) (*ViewLayout, error) {
44 layout := &ViewLayout{
48 data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
49 if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
54 return nil, fmt.Errorf("read view layout: %w", err)
57 err = json.Unmarshal(data, layout)
59 return nil, fmt.Errorf("decode view layout: %w", err)
65 // Split returns the view messages for lines and saves the layout. It keeps the
66 // earlier messages up to the first one whose text differs, and puts the rest
67 // of the lines into one new message.
68 func (l *ViewLayout) Split(lines []string) ([]string, error) {
71 kept []ViewLayoutMessage
75 for _, message := range l.Messages {
76 if start+message.Lines > len(lines) {
80 text := viewMessage(len(texts) == 0, lines[start:start+message.Lines])
81 if viewTextHash(text) != message.Hash {
85 texts = append(texts, text)
86 kept = append(kept, message)
87 start += message.Lines
90 if start < len(lines) || len(texts) == 0 {
91 text := viewMessage(len(texts) == 0, lines[start:])
92 texts = append(texts, text)
93 kept = append(kept, ViewLayoutMessage{
94 Lines: len(lines) - start,
95 Hash: viewTextHash(text),
100 data, err := json.Marshal(l)
102 return nil, fmt.Errorf("encode view layout: %w", err)
105 err = writeFileAtomic(l.path, append(data, '\n'))
107 return nil, fmt.Errorf("save view layout: %w", err)
113 // viewMessage returns the text of a view message with lines. The first one
115 func viewMessage(first bool, lines []string) string {
116 text := strings.Join(lines, "")
118 text = "<chat>\n" + text
124 // viewTextHash returns a short hash of text.
125 func viewTextHash(text string) string {
126 sum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(text))
127 return hex.EncodeToString(sum[:16])